albrecht



0. A. ALBRECHT.

SHOE LACE PACKAGE.

APPLICATION man JUNE 1, 1911.

1,319,681 Patented Oct. 28,1919.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR A. ALBRECHT, 0F GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR'TOO. A. ALBRECHTCOMPANY, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA, CORPORATION OF NEBRASKA.

SHOE-LACE PACKAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedaOct.

To all whom it may 0011061 12:

Be it known that I, OSCAR A. ALBRECHT, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Grand Rapids, county of Kent, and State of Michigamhaveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Lace Packages, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This inventon relates to shoe lace packages.

My object'is the provision of a simple, inexpensive, flat, compact, neatand secure shoe lace package, particularly adapted to tubular or roundshoe laces, but not limited thereto, wherein a pair of laces are appliedto and wound on a backing in a novel mannor, the ends of the laces beingretained by the wound portion thereof and accidental loosening orunwinding being prevented.

The invention is set forth fully hereinafter, recited in the appendedclaims, and shown. in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front view;

Fig. 2 a rear View; and

Fig. 3 a section on line 3-8 Fig. 1.

The backing 1 of the package is of sheet material, preferably a piece ofcardboard, or the like, having an aperture 2 preferably in the locationof the median line thereof, located considerably inwardly from one endof the backing 1. Near the other end of the backing is a second aperture3 which is preferably disposed near the side edge of the backing.

The ends of a pair of the tubular or other shoe laces are first drawnthrough the open ing 3 and laid flat against the backing 1, in parallelarrangement, and allowed to extend nearly to the opposite end of theback ing parallel to and near a side edge thereof as shown at 4;. Thelaces are then wound around the backing 1 and across the ends 4 as shownat 5 and the remaining end portions 6 are passed through the aperture 2from the opposite side of the backing 1 to the direction in which theends 4 are passed through the aperture 3 and are then tucked under thewound portion 5 in spread relation as shown at 7. Preferably these endportions are crossed at 8 where they pass through the opening 2. Theends 6 are fully covered by the wound portion 5 at the back of the cardor backing 1. The major portion of the end portions 1 are covered by thewound portion 5, but a sufficient portion thereof projects to displaythe tipsor tags 9. Both end portlons of*the laces are anchored againstaccidental detachment and the entire pack age is neat, fiat, andcompact. Having no specially formed packet, the package is inexpensivelyproduced because the body or backing 1 comprises only a flat piece ofcardboard or the like provided with two holes 2 and 3. On the space 10of the backing 1 may be printed any desired matter to identify the shoelac-es; the disposition of the ends a at one side of the backing 1 andthe location of the aperture 2 considerably inwardly from the end of thebacking leaves the free space 10 for the aforesaid purpose. The space 11at the lower end of the backing may also be utilized for printing, ifdesired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1.. A shoe lace package, comprising anelongated backing, and shoe laces, wound therearound, crosswise thereofin a single layer, said laces having their end portions located betweentheir wound portions and the backing and held thereby.

2. A shoe lacepackage, comprising an elongated backing, and a pair ofshoe laces, wound side by side in a single layer, around and crosswiseof the backing, said laces having their end portions located between andcrosswise of their wound portion and the backing on opposite sides ofthe latter and held thereby.

3. A shoe lace package, comprising a backing having apertures atdifferent points thereof, and shoe laces having their end portionsprotruding through the respective apertures, said laces being wound in asingle layer around said backing and said protruding ends, at rightangles to said protruding ends.

4. A shoe lace package, comprising a backing having apertures atdifferent points thereof, and shoe laces having end portions passingthrough the respective apertures and protruding on opposite sides ofsaid backing, said laces being wound in a single layer around saidbacking and said protruding ends, at right angles to the protrudingends, one end portion of each place extending beyond the wound portionfor the displaythereof.

5. A shoe lace package or the like comprising an elongated backinghaving apertures at different points thereof, and shoe laces or the likewound crosswise around 5 said backing and having their end portionspassing through the respective apertures, and located between the woundportion and the backing on opposite sides of the backing, one endportion of the laces or the like extending the full length transverselyof the coils of the crosswise wound portions and projecting freelybeyond the said crosswise wound portion for the display thereof, the

other end portion of the laces, or the like being wholly covered by thecrosswise wound portion.

6. A shoe lace package or the like comprising an elongated backing andshoe laces or the like crosswise wound thereon, one end portion of whichprojects freely beyond the end of the crosswise wound portion forpurposes of display.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature.

OSCAR A. ALBRECHT.

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